Emaly Allison is a heritage interpreter at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. She has a B.A. in American History and Civic Innovation from Emory & Henry College and an M.A. in Public History from the University of West Florida. Originally from North Carolina, she has gone up and down the East coast from the Gulf to the Great Lakes for her work in the museum field. She enjoys working with the wide variety of heritage livestock that call Kline Creek Farm home.
Many of the holiday traditions we follow today have come from around the world as emigrants moved to the U.S. or were created here during the 19th century as part of an...